Caucones are also
mentioned by Homer. Odyss. [gamma]. v. 366.

Caucane in Sicily was of the same purport, mentioned by Ptolemy. l. 3. c.
4.

[405] Apollonius Rhodius styles it Cutais: [Greek: Kutaidos ethea gaies].
l. 4. v. 512.

[406] See De Lisle's curious map of Armenia and the adjacent parts of
Albania, &c.

[407] Pausanias. l. 1. p. 40.

There was a river Acheron in Elis. Strabo. l. 8. p. 530. And the same rites
were observed in honour of the [Greek: theos muiagros], that were practised
in Cyrene. Clement. Cohort. p. 33.

In Pontus was a river Acheron. [Greek: Eitha de kai prochoai potamou
Acherontos easin]. Apollon. Argonaut. l. 2. v. 745. also [Greek: akra
Acherousia.] The like to be found near Cuma in Campania: and a story of
Hercules driving away flies there also. [Greek: Rhomaioi de apomuioi
Heraklei (thuousi)]. Clementis Cohort. ibid.

[408] Varro de Ling. Lat. lib. 5. p. 49. altered to Novella by some,
contrary to the authority of the best MSS. See Scaliger's notes. p. 81.
edit. anno 1619. Dordrechti.

See Selden de Diis Syris. Syntag. 2. c. 2. p. 174. In vetustioribus excusis
de Re Rustica non Novella, sed Covella legitur. Covella autem Coelestis,
sive Urania interpretatur.

[409] Ennii Annal. l. 1.

[410] The Persians worshipped Coelus; which is alluded to by Herodotus,
when he says, that they sacrificed upon eminences: [Greek: Ton kuklon panta
tou Ouranou Dia kaleontes]. l. 1. c. 131. To the same purpose Euripides;

[Greek: Horas ton hupsou ton d' apeiron' aithera,]
[Greek: Ton gen perix echonth' hugrais en ankulais?]
[Greek: Touton nomize Zena, ton d' hegou Dia.]

Clement. Alexand. Strom. l. 5. p. 717. Plutarch. p. 369. p. 424.

Aspice hoc sublime candens, quem invocant omnes Jovem. Cicero de Natura
Deor. l. 1.

[411] [Greek: All' Athenaioi men Keleon, kai Meganeiran hidruntai Theous.]
Athenag. Legat. p. 290.

[412] Abulfeda. Tabula Syriae. p. 5.

Nassir Ettusaeus. p. 93. apud Geog. vet.

[413] The city Argos was in like manner called [Greek: Koilon. Pollakis to;
Argos Koilon phesi, kathaper en Epigonois. To KOILON Argos ouk et'
oikesont' eti.--eti kai en Thamura, Argei Koiloi.] Scholia in Sophoc.
Oedipum Colon.

[414] Iliad. [Beta]. v. 615.

[415] Strabo. l. 8. p. 529.

[416] Strabo. l. 8. p. 534.

[417] Janus Gulielmus Laurenbergius, Antiquarius.

[418] [Greek: Phainoiato an eontes hoi ton Dorieon hegemones Aiguptioi
ithagenees]. Herod. l. 6. c. 54.

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